MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.94,-94.09 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 64 SFC 997 87 26.4 22.4 79 4.0 23.5 227 9 299.8 303.0 296.8 350.6 17.35 2 950 515 22.5 19.4 83 3.0 20.4 228 21 300.0 302.8 295.3 344.3 15.13 3 900 984 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 228 25 301.3 303.9 295.1 343.5 14.33 4 850 1475 16.7 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 226 27 303.7 306.1 295.0 343.0 13.21 5 800 1991 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.3 228 29 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.5 11.91 6 750 2533 10.5 9.6 95 0.8 9.9 229 31 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.5 10.08 7 700 3105 6.8 4.8 87 2.1 5.6 227 33 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.8 7.73 8 650 3711 3.2 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 225 36 312.6 313.8 292.2 331.9 6.18 9 600 4356 -0.7 -2.7 87 2.0 -1.7 227 42 315.3 316.3 292.2 332.0 5.25 10 550 5046 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.9 229 46 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.21 11 500 5788 -10.1 -12.1 85 2.0 -10.8 233 51 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.03 12 450 6592 -15.2 -19.2 72 4.0 -16.4 238 55 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.86 13 400 7473 -20.3 -26.1 60 5.8 -21.7 238 63 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.7 1.14 14 350 8450 -26.6 -37.0 37 10.5 -28.2 242 72 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.46 15 300 9545 -34.2 -45.4 31 11.2 -35.3 245 74 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.22 16 250 10800 -41.8 -51.6 34 9.7 -42.5 247 66 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.13 17 200 12278 -51.7 -64.4 20 12.8 -52.0 254 68 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.03 18 150 14089 -63.9 -77.8 13 13.9 -64.0 256 61 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16506 -72.0 -82.9 18 10.9 -72.1 264 40 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.12 m Freezing level: 609.07 mb = 4238.83 m = 13906.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.89 mb = 4041.22 m = 13258.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.86 mb = 598.67 m = 1964.13 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1088.88 m = 3572.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 40.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1270.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.69 mb = 900.51 m = 2954.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.69 mb = 1639.78 m = 5379.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.69 mb = 10969.27 m = 35987.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1266.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.69 mb = 15239.00 m = 49996.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 27.23 Bulk Shear: 46.64 m/s